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A forgotten antecedent of career adaptability: A study on the predictive role of within-person variability in personality

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  • Martin Storme

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Pinar Celik

    (Centre Emile Bernheim Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management)

  • Nils Myszkowski

    (Department of Psychology, Pace University)

Abstract

Several studies have focused on stable personality traits as antecedents of career adaptability, but few have investigated more dynamic aspects of personality in relation to career adaptability. Recent theories on personality such as Whole Trait Theory (Fleeson, 2015) recognize that traits are often aroused in one situation but not in another (Allport, 1937), and that individuals are more or less flexible in responding to different situations. This flexibility is defined as within-person variability in personality. In the present paper we integrate Whole Trait Theory and Career Construction Theory (CCT, Savickas, 2005) – the latter stating that flexibility is a key antecedent of career-adaptability – and hypothesize that career-adaptability can be predicted by within-person variability in personality descriptions (Lang et al., 2019). In a sample of business administration students (N = 452) we found that, over and beyond effects of average trait levels, within-person variability in personality descriptions positively predicted career adaptability. Our findings have important theoretical and practical implications.

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  • Martin Storme & Pinar Celik & Nils Myszkowski, 2020. "A forgotten antecedent of career adaptability: A study on the predictive role of within-person variability in personality," Post-Print hal-03001643, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03001643
    DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.109936
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    Cited by:

    1. Tracy Hui & Sam S. S. Lau & Mantak Yuen, 2021. "Active Learning as a Beyond-the-Classroom Strategy to Improve University Students’ Career Adaptability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-13, June.
    2. Pinar Celik & Martin Storme & Nils Myszkowski, 2022. "Individual Differences in Within-Person Variability in Personality Positively Predict Economic Gains and Satisfaction in Negotiations," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 31(3), pages 683-702, June.
    3. Anita Gaile & Ilona Baumane-Vītoliņa & Kurmet Kivipõld & Agnis Stibe, 2022. "Examining subjective career success of knowledge workers," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 16(7), pages 2135-2160, October.

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